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| Title | Ernest Jones collection (ref. P04) |
| Date Range | 1862 - 1976 |
| Creator | Jones, Alfred Ernest (1879-1958) neurologist and psychoanalyst |
| Extent | 54 boxes + 2 microfilms |
| Repository | Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society |
| Abstract | Ernest Jones' writings and lectures, including papers concerning his three-volume biography of Sigmund Freud, plus professional papers, correspondence, press cuttings and personal material. |
Administrative Information
Administrative/biographical history
Please follow the link from the creator name (above).Archival history/immediate source of acquisition
The material in this collection was obtained from a variety of sources and the following accessions have been identified: Mrs Katherine Jones donated various letters, mostly from Ernest Jones to Sigmund Freud (Accession 1969-002) and also typed transcripts of letters from Freud to Jones (Accession 1970-001; see P04-C-C-12). Further papers held by the Jones family were donated by Mervyn Jones in 1984 (1984-001); he also donated photographs of Ernest Jones and Sigmund Freud (Accessions 1986-004 and 1995-002; see P04-F). In addition, letters from Ernest Jones to Sigmund Freud were purchased by the BPAS from Sigmund Freud Copyrights via Christie's in 1989 (Accession 1989-002; see P04-C-C-11); the first edition copy of The Elements of Figure Skating (P04-A-D) was donated by Dr Norman Cohen (Accession 1992-004); and letters from Albert Winterstein were purchased by BPAS from Sotheby's (Accession 2006-002; see P04-C-E-20).These papers have previously been placed in different sections of the archive but were reorganised and catalogued as a single collection between 2005 and 2008. Much of the material received in the early accessions was transferred to the archives' general collection (mainly ref. G13, but also G01, G07, G09 and G12). The majority of the correspondence was transferred to form the basis of the archives' correspondence collection, to which items from other collections were also added; the additional items have been removed and the Jones letters placed in this collection. Also, the photographs were originally added to the archives' photograph collection (files 10, 11, 12, 15, 17 & 18).
Content and structure
Scope and Content
The majority of the material in this collection concerns Jones' three-volume biography of Sigmund Freud and his extensive correspondence with psychoanalytic colleagues in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. Also included are other writings and lectures, plus recordings and scripts of radio broadcasts; professional papers, especially concerning the International Psychoanalytical Association; press cutting albums; photographs of Jones and Sigmund Freud; and personal and posthumous material.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.System of arrangement
The material is arranged into seven series, as follows, with further division into sub-series:- P04-A - Writings, lectures and broadcasts
- P04-B - Professional papers and notebooks
- P04-C - Correspondence
- P04-D - Papers by other authors
- P04-E - Press cutting albums
- P04-F - Photographs
- P04-G - Personal and posthumous papers
Conditions of access and use
Access conditions
Open for consultation by bona fide researchers, subject to prior arrangement with the archivist and the signing of a reader's undertaking form, with the exception of the Albert Hirst interview in P04-A-E-04 which is closed until 2020.Please note that any material from the Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytical Society is available only to members, students and guests of the Society.
Reproduction conditions
Photocopying is carried out at the discretion of the archivist and according to the archives’ photocopying policy, which is available on request. Copies of material still in copyright can be supplied for research use only. Written permission must be obtained from the archivist to publish or reproduce any material held in the archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearance from the copyright holder.However, the following material may not be photocopied for copyright reasons: the Paul Klemperer interview in P04-A-E-04; the Rundbriefe letters in P04-C-A-02 and P04-C-A-03.
Language(s) of materials
English, German, French, Italian, Danish and others.Finding aids
The collection catalogue is published online and a printed copy is available. A partial database of correspondence (series P04-C) also exists but is not available online.Allied materials
Related materials
Records related to Ernest Jones' work within the British Psychoanalytical Society can be found amongst the records of the Society (ref. S). Also, the archives' press cuttings collection contains published reviews of Jones' writings (including many reviews of his Freud biography) as well as further cuttings on the early history of psychoanalysis (ref. PC).Additional material related to the emigration of European analysts before and during the Second World War can be found in the Society's records, in the John Rickman collection (ref. P03) and in the records of the Ernest Jones Rehabilitation Fund (ref. P33).
The following papers related to Jones are held elsewhere:
- The Clendening History of Medicine Library at the University of Kansas holds notebooks and papers (1895-1898, 20 items)
- The McMaster University Library in Ontario holds correspondence with Bertrand Russell (1924-1957)
- The British Library Manuscript Collections hold letters from Jones to Havelock Ellis (1910-1927, ref. Add MS 70539).
Publication note
Following books are amongst many which have drawn upon this collection:- Ernest Jones (1953-1957). Sigmund Freud: Life and Work, Volumes I-III. London: Hogarth Press.
- Ernest Jones (1959). Free Associations. Memories of a Psychoanalyst. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
- Vincent Brome (1983). Freud's Alter Ego. New York: Norton.
- R Andrew Paskauskas (ed) (1993). The Complete Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Ernest Jones 1908-1939. Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- Riccardo Steiner (2000). 'It is a New Kind Of Diaspora'. Explorations in the Sociopolitical and Cultural Context of Psychoanalysis. London: Karnac Books.
- Brenda Maddox (2006). Freud's Wizard. London: John Murray.
Notes
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